Design

Killer app: Howitt elected for London Mayor campaign job

Howitt, a subsidiary of Innovative Output Solutions, was recently awarded a contract to supply booklets to Londoners in the run-up to the London Mayor elections (3 May).

Sotheby's Imprint pledges Heidelberg exclusivity for offset work

Print management company Sotheby's Imprint (SI) has announced alliance with Heidelberg for its global offset printing work.

PaperlinX reverts to Burgo and streamlines product line

PaperlinX has dropped two of its recycled paper brands and reassigned the manufacturing of surviving line Revive to Burgo.

Sangorski & Sutcliffe modernise Coronation Bible for Diamond Jubilee

Bookbinder Sangorski & Sutcliffe is producing the commemorative Diamond Jubilee Bible 60 years after creating the Coronation Bible on which Elizabeth II swore her oath as queen.

Photobooks illustrate a digital divide

When photobooks first started gaining traction with the public, opening up a wonderland of consumer opportunities for printers, the novelty of uploading digital pictures and having them printed in a...

Me & my... Taopix 2.5.8 photobook creation software

The year is 1881, and brothers Herbert and Burgess Headley have just set up a printing press in a small room above their father's grocery shop. Their main aim is to print vegetable bags for the...

Repropoint to showcase wide-format at Mercedes World event

Digital printer and supplier Repropoint will put wide-format technology in the spotlight at an open day next month.

Ocean Outdoor bought for 35m

Advertising company Ocean Outdoor has been sold by initial investors Smedvig Capital to mid-market private equity house LDC for 35m.

French algae problem creates opportunity for eco-friendly paper

Italian paper manufacturer Favini is harvesting algae blooms caused by pollution off the French coasts of Brittany and Normandy to create its environmentally-friendly artistic paper range Shiro Alga...

Pop-up book attracts attention for Antalis McNaughton

Paper manufacturer Antalis McNaughton has set its latest marketing campaign in the form of a limited edition pop-up book.